RSS SubscribeVancouver, BC, June 17, 2026 – Mercado Minerals Ltd. (CSE: MERC, OTCQB: MRMNF) (“Mercado” or the “Company“) announces further drill results from the Copalito Project (“Copalito” or the “Project”) from its inaugural 3,000 metre diamond drill program located in Sinaloa, Mexico. Highlight results include 1.20 metres of 34 g/t silver, 3.40 g/t gold, 19.00% lead and 21.00% zinc (1120 g/t silver equivalent1) within a larger 3.50 metre wide interval of 30 g/t silver, 1.94 g/t gold, 9.47% lead and 14.61% zinc (686 g/t silver equivalent1) from 124.75 metres.
Daniel Rodriguez CEO & Director, commented:
“We are really pleased with our progress at Copalito. Drilling at 5 Señores has been able to extend both the strike and depth of the vein while surface work has defined an additional approximate 250 metres of fault offset strike length to the vein. Our first drill holes at El Agua have also returned exciting results that encourage us to focus on this vein during future drill tests. Drilling is ongoing with tests of the El Pilar Vein as well as first tests of the newly discovered and un-drilled Pilar Sur and El Medio veins. In addition to our drilling, we continue the progress of our surface work and are finding evidence of additional new vein mineralization and new soil anomalies that require future follow up.
We believe that we are well on our way to showing a critical mass of productive vein structures within the Copalito project and look forward to building on these initial drill tests in the future.”